January 2024
Aussie women win big at Golden Globes
Sarah Snook and Elizabeth Debicki won awards for their roles in Succession and The Crown, and Margot Robbie was recognised for Barbie’s box office success.
- Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway
Who won the Golden Globes, and who should have
Here’s who won and who should have won in both the film and TV categories.
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- Robbie Collin
September 2023
What we learnt when making AI images for the 2023 Power issue
Our team taught artificial intelligence to make portraits, like this one of Margot Robbie. The results show how it’s learning about 21st-century culture.
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- Matthew Drummond
The 10 most culturally powerful people in Australia in 2023
What does it mean to be Australian today? Here are the 10 people who made the biggest mark on culture this year, as chosen by the Power panel.
- Lisa Murray
Sheilas, blue heelers and a scene stealer: cultural power in 2023
The people who are behind a new era for women’s sport in Australia, an unlikely feminist icon and the first arts policy in decades.
- Lisa Murray and Matthew Drummond
August 2023
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
The four women who proved fashion can increase your wealth and power
Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista brought their industry to life and gave it dimension beyond the runway.
- Lauren Sams
July 2023
Barbie is one of the most original movies you’ll ever see
Although the film is a candy-coloured CGI hallucination from start to finish, there is a keen sense of satire.
- John McDonald
May 2023
Margot Robbie walked into a bar. Here’s what happened next
The last thing the owner of the Lord Byron Distillery expected was to end up creating a gin brand with the Hollywood star and her friends.
- Max Allen
January 2023
How to wear hot pink and not look like a Barbie doll
But first of all, what’s wrong with looking like said fashionista? She’s a multi-talented career woman and she’s coming to the big screen soon.
- Lucy Dean
January 2020
When spin is more important than the facts
Fox News supremo Roger Ailes’s deeds as a serial sexual harasser eventually brought him undone but the bigger issue in the film concerns the mechanics of power.
- John McDonald
Netflix leads Hollywood pack in Oscars race
A star powered line-up of films has propelled the streaming giant to the top of the Academy Awards nominations lists, with a tally of 24 for a range of movies.
- Max Mason